Pageindex Chat – Human-Like Long Document AI Analyst
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PageIndex Chat is a new AI-powered tool for analyzing long documents, and the HN community is introduced to it through a blog post.
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Unlike traditional RAG or "chat-with-your-doc" tools that rely on vector similarity search, PageIndex builds a hierarchical tree index of your document (like a table of contents), and then reasons over this index to retrieve and interpret relevant sections. It doesn’t search by keywords or embeddings — it reads, understands, and reasons through the document like a human expert.
What makes it different:
- Reasoning-based retrieval – Understands structure, logic, and meaning, not just semantic similarity. - Page-level references – Every answer includes precise citations for easy verification. - Cross-section reasoning – Connects information across sections and appendices to find true answers. - Human-in-the-loop – You can guide, refine, and verify its reasoning. - Multi-document comparison – Analyze and contrast multiple reports at once.